RT banned from Facebook

Facebook blocks RT from posting until after Trump inauguration

https://www.rt.com/news/374157-facebook-blocks-rt-content/

RT has been blocked from posting content to its Facebook page. The ban, according to the Facebook bot, will last until Saturday 10:25pm Moscow time (2:25pm EST) and will extend across US president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

A misplaced live streaming rights strike during RT's broadcast of President Obama's final press conference seems to have triggered the ban.

1. IvorCrotty ‏@IvorCrotty  5h5 hours ago

   FYI Facebook blocked @RT_com from sharing content to the page until Saturday 10:25pm Moscow time. Working on it w/ FB team.

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IvorCrotty‏@IvorCrotty

A misplaced live-rights strike seems to have triggered the block. Working with FB team to rectify. @RT_com @RT_PressOffice_

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1:14 PM - 19 Jan 2017 from Moscow, Russia

RT’s Head of Social media, Ivor Crotty, said “the live-rights strike seems to be part of an algorithmic failure to acknowledge rights acquired by broadcasters, and we hope it will be resolved in the short term.”
“While Facebook is a powerful distributor of live-streams it is struggling with the rights ramifications. RT will continue text-only posts to Facebook until the issue is resolved,” Crotty added.